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Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History (Hardcover)

by D McKinney (Author)

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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press; illustrated edition edition (4 Nov 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 067401202X
ISBN-13: 978-0674012028
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 14.7 x 4.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 945,717 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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[McKinney] is very good indeed on tracking the Beatles' collective footprints through the sands of the collective unconscious. He's a pleasure to read on the Marcos debacle and the 'butcher' photograph (in a chapter entitled 'Meat'): his deconstruction of "Help!" is little short of masterly...This is the work of a critic bold enough to cite 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' as 'the defining song of the Beatles' greatest album.' -- Charles Shaar Murray "Mojo" (06/01/2004)

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No one expressed the heart and soul of the sixties as powerfully as the Beatles did through the words, images and rhythms of their music. Here, Devin McKinney uncovers the secret history of a generation and a pivotal moment in twentieth-century culture. He reveals how the Beatles enacted the dream life of their time and shows how they embodied a kaleidoscope of desire and anguish for all who listened - hippies or reactionaries, teenage fans or harried parents, Bob Dylan or Charles Manson. The reader will appreciate much of what lay beneath the social trauma of the day. Delving into concerts and interviews, films and music, outtakes and bootlegs, Devin McKinney brings to bear the insights of history, aesthetics, sociology, psychology and mythology to account for the depth and resonance of the Beatles' impact. His book is also a multi-faceted appreciation of the group's artistic achievement, exploring their music as both timeless expression and visceral response to their historical moment. Starting in the cellars of Liverpool and Hamburg, and continuing through the triumph of Beatlemania, the groundbreaking studio albums, and the last brutal thrust of the White Album, "Magic Circles" aims to capture the dream and the reality of four extraordinary musicians and their substance as artists.

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2.0 out of 5 stars One bridge too far, 3 Dec 2003

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As a very big Beatles fan, I've been collecting books on Beatle topics for years, from the carreer-spanning biographies (Shout!, Love you make etc.) and discographies and photobooks to the ultra-detailed books by Lewisohn, Sulpy and Madinger and the wonderful Way beyond compare book. As an academic, I can take a good deal of analysis, and digging into the collective and individual minds of my favourite subjects is a joy. This book, however, is simply one bridge too far. Pretentious vocabulary, inept reasoning (the toilet metaphor in the first chapters is neither scholarly or original) and vacuous, rambling prose define this book. I read scholarly prose every day, and to my opinion, those who will hail this as a major step forward in Beatle or popular music scholarship have clearly never read Ian McDonald's wonderful tome "Revolution in the head", which, by the way, is far better documented. A scholar's approach should be one that clarifies its subject, not one that obscures it. This will be the first Beatles book that I definitely will not bother reading again.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Curiously underrated, 11 Aug 2006

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Have to disagree with other assessments of this book. It's not a "scholar's approach", nor is it meant to be; it's more of a meditation on the meanings of the Beatles. If you want raw scholarship, Mark Lewisohn's books will tell you more than you ever needed to know about what the Beatles did on any given day, while Ian MacDonald's book is simply the one indispensable book on how they got to sound like what they sounded like. But MacDonald's jeremiads about how it's all been going wrong since 1970 are sentimental and depressing, whereas McKinney is bracingly rockist - his favourite Fab album is the White one (interesting choice, wouldn't have been mine but I see his point) and I found his discussion of the afterlife very interesting. A worthwhile read, certainly better than (say) Mark Herstgaard's book.

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